YouTube Music will now label songs made with AI
YouTube Music is adding a "Made with AI" label to songs made fully or partly with AI tools. It tells you what you're hearing but does not block or hide those songs.
YouTube Music is adding a "Made with AI" label to songs that were made fully or partly with AI tools. The Verge reports it appears on the player page, the screen you see while a song plays. Tapping it opens a short menu that explains more.
YouTube says it is working with music partners and using its own detection tools to spot these songs. Artists and labels that upload music can say whether AI was used: fully, partly, or not at all. TechCrunch reports that songs that only use pitch correction, such as Auto-Tune, count as no AI. The Verge says YouTube may use other signals if nobody discloses.
The label starts in the YouTube Music app and comes to the main YouTube app later, The Verge reports. TechCrunch says AI use alone does not stop a song from earning money on YouTube. Other services go further. TechCrunch reports Deezer leaves fully AI-made songs out of its recommendations, and The Verge says Bandcamp banned AI music.
In my opinion, this is a useful step, because you can now see when a song is AI-made. But it only informs you. YouTube is not hiding or banning those songs, so if you want to avoid them, you will need to check the label yourself.
The facts
- YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, starting in the YouTube Music app and expanding to the main YouTube app later.
- The label appears on the player page, and tapping it opens a menu with more information about how AI was used.
- YouTube says it is working with music partners and using its own detection tools to identify AI-generated tracks.
- Music partners can declare AI use as Fully Gen AI, Partly Gen AI, or No Gen AI; tracks edited with pitch-correction tools like Auto-Tune fall under No Gen AI.
- If a song has no disclosure, YouTube says it may use "other signals" to decide whether it is AI-generated.
- YouTube is focusing on disclosure rather than blanket restrictions, and AI involvement alone does not make a track ineligible for earning money.
- Deezer reported in July that it was receiving nearly 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks daily, and it excludes detected AI music from algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists.
- Bandcamp banned AI music outright earlier this year.
Sources
- TechCrunch AI: YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms
- The Verge AI: YouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songs
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